The man who was
deprived of his hair yesterday had taken the oath of allegiance to the "C.
S. A." He wished to get 200 names—had about 50—to make army shoes. His
papers were taken and he was forced to swear not to assist the Rebels any more.
The affair soon reached Capt. Wirz who sent a guard to escort the ex-Unionist
outside and to arrest his assailants. He also ordered that no rations be issued
until the man who shaved his head was apprehended. All honor to the brave man
who shaved the Judas head.
Rather than that
thousands of comrades be deprived of scanty rations for day, he bade farewell
to friends and calmly reported at the gate, was taken out by the guard and
locked up, refusing to divulge another name. After a thorough search for the
others, rations were issued.
SOURCE: John Worrell
Northrop, Chronicles from the Diary of a War Prisoner in Andersonville
and Other Military Prisons of the South in 1864, p. 76
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